This Wednesday evening could be the end of a long soap opera which has lasted for several weeks around Kylian Mbappé (25 years old) and Luis Enrique. Substitute in Nantes, replaced at the hour mark against Rennes and completely taken off at half-time in Monaco, the Bondynois seems to pay dearly for the announcement of his departure at the end of the season, all now a few hours before a The highly anticipated 8th final return of the Champions League to the Reale Arena in San Sebastian.
At a press conference, the media were waiting for Luis Enrique in San Sebastian to discuss the treatment of Kylian Mbappé. But there again, Luis Enrique had maintained doubt about his presence… and in his own way. “Where is the translator?” I don’t understand the translator. It’s a question about Mbappé, but I don’t know, I didn’t understand. The translator doesn’t understand, ask a simpler question” After a few minutes, the Parisian coach will eventually respond: *”maybe or maybe not.”
Luis Enrique made a pact with Kylian Mbappé
But according to information from Parisian, the Saturday morning discussion between Luis Enrique and Kylian Mbappé helped convince the Spanish manager of the good state of mind of the Parisian number 7, who would also have shown more involvement and would have flown through the training session from Saturday. The captain of the Blues intends to be present for this Champions League return match, since assured qualification would offer calm, at least for a few months.
For its part, the daily The Team affirms that for weeks, Kylian Mbappé has organized his daily life around the C1, his ultimate objective with Paris to end his adventure in style, before joining Real Madrid. A motivation of which Luis Enrique is aware, he who also intends to take a step forward at Paris Saint-Germain, which has not played in the quarter-finals of the Big Ears Cup since 2021. Both parties therefore have every interest in that this evening of March 5, 2024 does not sound like a new drama…
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